US 5,396,727 AGranted

Casting handle for fishing rod

AssigneeDaiwa Seiko, Inc.

InventorsHideyuki Furuya, Kunio Masuyama

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Abstract

A casting handle with a trigger includes a grip area section disposed behind the trigger, a rear section disposed in the rear of the grip area section, and a small-diameter intermediate section interposed between the grip area section and the rear section. The grip area section is expanded both vertically and laterally. The rear section has a vertical height less than the corresponding height of the grip area section. This forms a flat upper surface positioned sufficiently rearward with respect to the grip area section that the wrist of an angler's hand holding the casting handle does not interfere with the casting motion. The constricted cross-section, intermediate section has a lateral width and a vertical height respectively less than the corresponding width and height of the rear section. Consequently, the casting handle allows smooth casting, thumbing and pumping operations as well as improving the angler's ability to operate the fishing rod.

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Dependent claims

A casting handle attached to a fishing rod having a tip end, a butt end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the tip end and the butt end, said casting handle comprising:

a trigger extending radially outward from the fishing rod in a downward direction;
and,
a grip area section located along said longitudinal axis and interposed between the butt end and said trigger, said grip area section together with the trigger are to be held in an angler's hand, the grip area section including:
an upwardly expanded portion projecting in an upward direction opposite to said downward direction;
a downwardly expanded portion projecting in said downward direction and displaced along the longitudinal axis relative to said upwardly expanded portion such that said downwardly expanded portion is located further from said trigger, toward the butt end, than said upwardly expanded portion;
each of said upwardly and downwardly expanded portions having a convex profile with respect to said longitudinal axis as viewed in a vertical plane along said longitudinal axis;
and,
right and left side portions disposed on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis when viewed in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis, said side portions tapering toward one another in said downward direction and smoothly connecting said upwardly expanded portion with said downwardly expanded portion, wherein each side portion is formed by a substantially planer surface, and wherein said side portions define a maximum lateral width at a location above said longitudinal axis.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.